Schedules for 13 - 19 June, 2015

The Stars are Comforting

The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)

Her research into the Evolution of Galaxies made Beatrice Tinsley a giant of 20th century astronomy. Throughout her life Beatrice also played her violin and wrote home to her family

Twenty programmes, with letters edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien

(13) Two trips to Europe, teaching in Austin, Evolution of Galaxies project at Caltech; 1973-4 (RNZ)

12:00 approx - Disc 1

PÄRT: Symphony No 4, Los Angeles - LA Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen

Konan pokajanen, fragments - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 2160)

1:50 approx - Disc 2

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10; FAURÉ: String Quartet in E minor Op 121; RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 5 19045)

3:10 approx - Disc 3

MISKINIS: Dum medium silentium; O sacrum convivium; Pater noster; Tenebrae factae sunt; Don't leave me, Sun; Seven O Antiphons; Oh, it's getting cold; O Magnum Mysterium; Ave Maria (second setting); Salve Regina; Ave Maria (third setting); Time is endless - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

4:25 approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

6:00 MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)

J STRAUSS II arr Berg: Wine, Women & Song - Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), Leonore Aumaier (pno), members of the Vienna String Quintet (CPO 999 588)

THOMAS arr Stoltzman: Je suis Titania, from Mignon - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

CORELLI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - members of the Purcell Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66226)

DELIUS: In a Summer Garden - Hallé Orch/Vernon Handley (EMI CD CFP 4568)

7:00 GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No 1 - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

SARASATE: Song of the Nightingale Op 29 - Julia Fischer (vln), Milana Chernyavska (pno) (Decca 478 5950)

OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (IMG Artists 5 62869)

RODGERS: The Carousel Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 127)

BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in G minor Op 2/3 BuxWV261 - Skip Sempé (hpschd), Capriccio Stravagante (DHM 05472 77300)

8:00 ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68901)

ROSAS: Sobre las olas - Festival Orch of Mexico/Enrique Bátiz (Naxos 8.550838)

POULENC: Trois Pièces, Pastorale; Hymne; Toccata - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8637)

IRELAND: Phantasie Trio in A minor - Gould Piano Trio (Naxos 8.570507)

ZIEHRER: Viennese Girls Waltz Op 388 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223817)

A recap from the week's national and international music news with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Eight programmes researched and produced by Amber Read

(8) KENNETH YOUNG: GONE (RNZ)

ADDINSELL: Invitation waltz, from Ring Round the Moon - BBC Concert Orch/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

SAINT-SAËNS: Africa, Fantasy Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

HEBERLE: Sonate brillante - Hugo Reyne (csakan) (Musiques Chabotterie 605007)

IRELAND: Sea Fever; KEEL: Trade winds, from Three Salt-Water Ballads - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

Peter Cooper (1918-2004)

Peter Mechen presents an appreciation of the New Zealand pianist (RNZ)

JOYCE: Caravan Suite - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223694)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

This week's best-selling CDs

Ten programmes of interviews with some of jazz's big musical thinkers, vibrant biographies and carefully-crafted playlists that represent the full gamut of jazz's rich history

(5) Thelonious Monk

The life and legend of jazz great Thelonious Monk. Biographer Robin Kelley talks about Monk's life and music. And we'll explore how Monk's battle with mental illness shaped his life and career, and take a look at how Monk's masterpiece Round Midnight became the most recorded jazz standard of all time (PRX)

Indigenous music from around the world

Wagner Gala

Christine Goerke (sop), Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen

WAGNER: Excerpts from Siegfried & Götterdämmerung (recorded yesterday in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Lars Vogt (pno) (Avi 8553207)

SCHULHOFF: Divertissement for oboe, clarinet & bassoon - Ingo Goritzki (ob), Ulf Rodenhäuser (cl), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon), Ensemble Villa Musica (MDG 304 0616)

NZ performers and composers

GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - NZSO National Youth Orch 2005/Edwin Outwater (Private/RNZ)

J RITCHIE: Two's Company - Matthew Marshall, Gunter Herbig (gtrs), Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (Private)

KEAY: Variations on a theme from At the Hawk's Well - Anastasiya Filippochkina (vln), Gabriel Casalis (cello), Debra Takakjian (pno) (Blumlein CD-A 023)

BACH arr Farquhar: Six Chorale Preludes, Alle Menschen müssen sterben; Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag; Hilf Gott, das mir's gelinge; O Lamm Gottes; Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar; In dulci jubilo - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ)

LISZT: La lugubre gondola (first version) - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

GRIEG: Melodies of the Heart Op 5, Two brown eyes; A poet's heart; I love you; My thoughts are like a mighty mountain; The Princess - Katarina Karnéus (mezzo), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67670)

STRAUSS: Mädchenblumen Op 22, Cornflower; Poppies; Ivy; Waterlily - Julian Prégardien (ten), Christoph Schnackertz (pno) (Myrios MYR 012)

GRIEG: A Simple Song - Monica Groop (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (BIS CD 1457)

Direct from the Auckland Town Hall

Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2015 Final

The three finalists perform concertos with the Auckland Philharmonia, conductor Rumon Gamba

The concertos are selected from the following:

BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No 2 Sz112; BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77; BRITTEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 15; DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53; ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61; HINDEMITH: Violin Concerto; MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64; PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19; Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63; SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47; SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77; STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D; TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35; WALTON: Violin Concerto in B minor (RNZ)

RAMEAU: Platée, Suite - European Union Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.557490)

METCALF: Septet for harp, flute, clarinet & strings - Eleanor Turner (harp), Philippa Davies (fl), David Campbell (cl), Solstice Quartet (Signum SIGCD 203)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the left hand - Maxime Zecchini (pno), Cape Phil/Jan Moritz Onken (Ad Vitam AV 140315)

11:00 HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 20/1 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Auvidis Astrée E 8784)

BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 - Eric Le Sage (pno), Les Vents Français (Warner 2564 623185)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C HobVIIb/1; Symphony No 104 in D; Cello Concerto in D HobVIIb/2 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Florilegium (Channel Classics CCS 7395)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

LEASK: Aatidahlge; BACH arr Koonce: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in Eb BWV998; MERTZ: Hungarian Fantasy; KOSHKIN: Usher Waltz Op 29; DOMENICONI: Variations on an Anotolian Folksong; PIAZZOLLA arr Roskilly: Tanuango; arr Benitez: Milonga del ángel; Four Seasons in Buenos Aires, excerpts - Owen Moriaty (gtr), Totally Plucked Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5004)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

NOVELLO: Some day my heart will awake; Primrose; Love is my reason; Dark music; The little Damozel; When the gypsy played; On such a night as this; Fly home, little heart; Keep the home fires burning; Music in May; A violin began to play; Spring of the year; My dearest dear; Finder, please return; Look in my heart; When I curtsied to the king; We'll gather lilacs; Fairy laughter; Glamorous night; Why is there ever goodbye? - Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Chandos Concert Orch/Stuart Barry (Chandos CHAN 9142)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

DUSSEK: Keyboard Sonatas, in Bb Op 35/1; in G Op 35/2; in C minor Op 35/3; in D Op 31/2 - Andreas Staier (fpno) (DHM 05472 77286)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

J STRAUSS II/TIOMKIN: Main Title & Vienna Blood, from The Great Waltz; BENNETT: Waltz, from Murder on the Orient Express; STRAUSS: Mit mir, from Der Rosenkavalier; HERRMANN: The Memory Waltz, from The Snows of Kilimanjaro; LOEWE: Main Title, Fountain Scene & Chez Maxim Waltz, from Gigi; PROKOFIEV: Waltz, from Cinderella; SONDHEIM: The Night Waltzes, from A Little Night Music; BERNSTEIN: Paris Waltz, from Candide; RÓZSA: Waltz, from Madame Bovary; WAXMAN: Cafe Waltzes, from Hotel Berlin; STEINER: Waltz, from Jezebel; KORNGOLD: Flirtation, from The Prince & the Pauper; RAVEL: La Valse; J STRAUSS II/TIOMKIN: Blue Danube & finale sequence, from The Great Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 438 685)

GIBBONS: Hosanna to the Son of David - Stile Antico (Hyperion HMU 807555)

KLENGEL: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57 - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

JL BACH: Cantata, The Lord will create a new thing in the land - Maria Zadory (sop), Susanne Norin (contralto), Wilfried Jochens (ten), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Rhineland Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max (Capriccio 67 131)

WILLAN: Three liturgical motets - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)

BIEBL: Ave Maria - Stanford Chamber Chorale/Stephen M Sano (Pictoria PR 11192)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Vladimir Spivakov (vln), Sergei Bezrodny (pno) (ECM 1591)

Cantique des degrés - RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Radio SO/Kristjan Järvi (Sony 88697 72334)

CRECQUILLON: Congratulamini mihi - Stile Antico (Hyperion HMU 807555)

TRAD arr Pohjola: A mighty fortress is our God - Virtuosi di Kuhmo CO/John Storgårds, Jukka Perko (sax) (EMI 7243 594552 8)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

BESSER: Predawn Meditation - New Zealand SO/Derrick Inouye (RNZ)

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin State Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 2735)

GAUTIER DE COINCY: Douce Dame - Ian Harrison (cornetto), Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7317)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Warner 2564 61552)

RACHMANINOV arr Kreisler: Daisies Op 38/3 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), James Kirby (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10028)

DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7512)

MOZART: Et incarnatus est, from Mass No 18 in C minor K427, Great - Sylvia McNair (sop), Lisa Beznosiuk (fl), Anthony Robson (ob), Alastair Mitchell (bsn), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 420 210)

A look at the life and music of ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915) marking the 100th anniversary of his death in April. Presented by Peter Hoar (RNZ) (R Mon 7.00pm)

Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor Op 23 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67131/2)

In this six-part series David Bremner and friends take a closer look at those brilliant brass instruments

(2) Today's programme is all about the tuba and David's studio guests are NZSO's tuba supremo Andrew Jarvis and former 'tubist' Kenneth Young (RNZ)

RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé - Netherlands Radio Choir, Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (BIS 1850)

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

SMETANA: String Quartet No 2 in D minor - Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon SU 41722)

WIDOR ed Yates: Violin Concerto - Sergey Levitin (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7315)

DVOŘÁK: The Noon Witch Op 108 - Czech Phil/Václav Talich (rec 1954) (Supraphon SU 3837)

MEDTNER: Fairy-tale in D minor Op 51/1; Fairy-tale in F minor Op 26/3 - Nicolas Medtner (pno) (rec 1947) (Appian APR 5548)

RESPIGHI: La Boutique fantasque - Berlin RIAS SO/Ferenc Fricsay (rec 1955) (DG 474 383)

The Record Shelf

Jim Svejda talks with Elina Garanča, the star Latvian mezzo who has made her name in roles such as Carmen, Charlotte and Rosina (KUSC)

26th Gisborne International Music Competition, 2014

Four programmes

(1) CHOPIN: First movement, Allegro moderato, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 - Catherine Kwak (cello), Katherine Watkins (pno)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73/1-2; DONIZETTI: First movement, Andante sostenuto, from Clarinet Concertino in Bb - Sean Lim (cl), Sarah Watkins (pno)

YSAŸE: Sonata in D minor for solo violin Op 27/3, Ballade; WIENIAWSKI: Legend; TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Anna Da Silva-Chen (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno)

DECRUCK: First movement, Très modéré, expressif, from Saxophone Sonata in C# - Mary Osborn (sax), Rosemary Barnes (pno)

BRAHMS: First movement, Allegro vivace, from Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99; GINASTERA: Pampeana No 2 - Sam Lucas (cello), Katherine Austin (pno) (recorded in the Lawson Field Theatre, Gisborne by RNZ)

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.573297)

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals - Noel Coward (narrator), Leonid Hambro, Jascha Zayde (pno duo), Andre Kostelanetz & his Orch (Coronet KLL 529)

Ten programmes

(2) With William Dart (R Tues 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Euroradio Opera Season

A selection of live operatic performances recorded by some of the world's major public broadcasters

VIVALDI: Ottone in Villa, an opera in three acts

Cleonilla........................... Sine Bundgaard

Ottone............................... Sonia Prina

Caio Silio......................... Sophie Junker

Decio................................ Leif Aruhn-Solén

Tullia................................ Deborah York

Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (recorded in the Teater Republique, Copenhagen by Danish Radio)

HUMMEL: Rondo villageois in C Op 122 - John Khouri (fpno) (Music & Arts CD 1165)

OLSEN: Six Old Village Songs from Lom in Norway - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

Josef STRAUSS: Village Swallows of Austria, Waltz Op 164 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

BENJAMIN: Le Tombeau de Ravel - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1074)

PAINE: New Zealand Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)

DITTERSDORF: Serenade in F - Oradea Phil/Romeo Rîmbu (Olympia OCD 425)

CARULLI: Serenade in A Op 96 - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1710)

BRAUNFELS: Serenade in Eb Op 20 - Vienna Radio SO/Dennis Russell Davies (CPO 999 882)

11:00 FARRENC: Sextet in C minor for piano & winds Op 40 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 256)

JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters - Amphion String Quartet (Nimbus NI 6289)

Disc 1

MOZART: Violin Concertos, No 1 in Bb K207; No 2 in D K211; Adagio in E K261; Rondos, in Bb K269; in C K373 - James Ehnes (vln), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

PINTO: Piano Sonata in C minor; WEBER: Adagio Patetico in C# minor; FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1; CRAMER: Sonata in F Op 27/1; CLEMENTI: Capriccio in E minor Op 47/1 - Ian Hobson (pno) (Arabesque Z 6595)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

MOZART: Bass arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, Bastien and Bastienne and The Abduction from the Seraglio - Conal Coad (bass), Tasmanian SO/Dobbs Franks (ABC 432 697)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

LIEBERMANN: Album for the Young, excerpts; Sonata for flute and guitar Op 25; Eight pieces for solo flute Op 59; Sonata for flute and harp Op 56; Soliloquy for solo flute Op 44; Sonata for flute and piano Op 23; A Poet and His Beloved Op 40 - Alexa Still (fl), David Korevaar (pno), Franco Platino (gtr), Victoria Drake (hp), Curt Peterson (ten), Yumi Hwang, Claude Sim (vlns), Erika Eckert (vla), Judith Glyde (cello) (Koch 3 7549)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

ROSS: Marching Strings; HOPE: Jaunting car, from The Ring of Kerry; DUNCAN: High Heels; CURZON: Dance of an ostracised imp; FOULDS: Keltic Lament, from A Keltic Suite Op 29; WILLIAMS: Rhythm on Rails; COATES: By the sleepy lagoon; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; KETÈLBEY: In a monastery garden; WILLIAMS: A quiet stroll; FLETCHER: Demoiselle chic, from Parisian Sketches No 1; BEAVER: Cavalcade of Youth; BAYCO: Elizabethan Masque; GARDINER: Shepherd Fennel Dance; ANCLIFFE: Thrills; ROSSE: The doge's march, from The Merchant of Venice; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Petite Suite de Concert Op 77 - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

RAMEAU trans anon: The Hen, from Pièces de clavecin - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

MORTELMANS: Het Wielewaalt en Leeuwerkt - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

TRAD arr Leon: She moved through the fair - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp) (Decca 468 499)

JC BACH: Flute Concerto in D - Rachel Brown (fl), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 538)

ALBÉNIZ: Capricho Catalán - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 32712)

BACH arr anon: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - Canadian Brass & Berlin Philharmonic Brass (CBS MK 39035)

HANSON: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

DUNCAN/MEYER/THILE: Attaboy - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony 789186)

7:00 AUBER: Masaniello, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 309)

GURDJIEFF arr Lechner/Couturier: Sayyid chant and dance No 3/Hymn No 7 - Anja Lechner (cello), François Couturier (pno) (ECM 2367)

WARLOCK: Serenade - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 318)

SIBELIUS: Suite for violin & strings Op 117 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Virgin 5 45534)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk206 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (Sony MLK 66707)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

RAVEL: Menuet antique - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

HANDEL: Love sounds th'alarm, from Acis & Galatea - Ian Bostridge (ten), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (EMI 3 82243)

WEBER: Silvana, Overture - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1760)

GRAHAM: Brillante - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Music & Arts CD 723)

COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

9:00 Composer of the Week

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Symphony No 1 in E - Stefania Toczyska (mezzo), Michael Myers (ten), Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Muti (EMI CDC 7 47349)

RESPIGHI: Suite for strings - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Brilliant Classics 94392)

DURUFLÉ: Messe Cum jubilo - Thomas Hampson (bar), Marie-Claire Alain (org), baritones of the Orfeon Donostiarra, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 5 56878)

BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Francis Orval (horn), Arthur Grumiaux (vln), György Sebok (pno) (Onyx 4133)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 5 57486)

12:00 Recent Releases

J WILLIAMS arr Soper: Call of the Champions - Singing Sergeants, US Air Force Band/Harry H Lang (Naxos 8.573405)

GLASS: Glassworks, opening - Valentina Lisitsa (pno) (Decca 478 8079)

HOLST: Mars, Bring of War; Mercury, the Winged Messenger; Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - US Air Force Band/Harry H Lang (Naxos 8.573405)

GLASS arr Riesman: Dead things; Tearing herself away, from The Hours - Valentina Lisitsa (pno) (Decca 478 8079)

HOVHANESS: Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op 128 - Eastern Music Festival Orch/Gerard Schwartz (Naxos 8.559755)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Capella Istropolitana/Oliver von Dohnányi (Naxos 8.550194)

SCHELLE: Eructavit cor meum - La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson (CPO 999 841)

CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 751)

BYRD: O quam gloriosum - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (EMI 5 86048)

MUELLER-CAJAR: The Mirror of Prime - David Mueller-Cajar (hn), Tim Emerson (pno) (Private)

VERDI: Di Provenza il mar, from La Traviata - John Charles Thomas (bar), Victor SO/Frank Tours (rec 1939) (Nimbus 88843 03160)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly, Act 1

Butterfly........................... Angela Gheorghiu

Pinkerton.......................... Jonas Kaufmann

Suzuki.............................. Enkelejda Shkosa

Sharpless.......................... Fabio Capitanucci

Goro................................. Gregory Bonfatti

Bonze............................... Raymond Aceto

Commissioner.................. Massimo Simeoli

Yakusidé.......................... Massimiliano Tonsini

St Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (rec 2008) (EMI 2 64187)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

FARQUHAR: Concertino for piano & strings - Thomas Hecht (pno), NZSO CO (RNZ)

STRAUSS: Don Quixote - Richard Harwood (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Marko Letonja (RNZ)

5:00 PIAZZOLLA: Chin Chin - SpiriTango Quartet (Paraty 914 130)

CHAMINADE: Flute Concertino Op 107 - Susan Milan (fl), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8840)

HANDEL arr Hazell: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Inessa Galante (sop), London Musici/Mark Stephenson (CampionCD 1345)

BARBER: Mutations from Bach - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)

DE GREEF: Coucher de Soleil - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

GRIEG arr Baadsvik: Norwegian Dance Op 35/1 - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Bjørn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

MULET: Carillon-Sortie in D - Huw Williams (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Priory PRCD 778)

6:00 BUCHANAN: Peace song - Kathryn Tremills (pno), Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)

IBERT: Hommage à Mozart - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 332)

TRAD arr Idenstam: Inner peace - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Foster: Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, No 2, Rhosymedre; No 3, Hyfrydol - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49745)

GRIMSDOTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

SCHUBERT: Moment musicale No 4 in C# minor - Nikolai Demidenko (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67091/2)

GOLLAND arr Frey: Peace - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

MARTUCCI: Giga Op 61/3 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570929)

DEBUSSY trans Mercz: En bateau, from Petite Suite - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

TODD: For Peace - Tenebrae & English Chamber Orch/Nigel Short (Signum Classics SIGCD 394)

A look at the life and music of ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915) marking the 100th anniversary of his death in April. Presented by Peter Hoar (RNZ)

SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto in F# minor Op 20 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 2088)

Michael Houstoun (pno), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

GLINKA: Kamarinskaya; RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, Winter Daydreams (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

GOODALL: The Seasons, Winter - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

JANÁCEK: In the mists - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.399)

HAWES: Rain - English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

RR BENNETT: Reflections on a Scottish folk song - Paul Watkins (cello), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (pno) (Virgin 5 45492)

BRYARS: Laude novella; Ave regina gloriosa; Ave donna santissima; Venite a laudare (Lauda 2, 7, 3, 1) - Trio Mediaeval (ECM 1869)

KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

Disc 1

BLOMDAHL: Symphonies, No 1; No 2; No 3, Facets - Swedish Radio SO/Leif Segerstam (BIS CD 611)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

REGONDI: Remembrance; A Set of Three Waltzes; Hexaméron du concertiniste; Souvenir d'amitié - Helmut Jacobs (accordion) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 9030 1420)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

FAYRFAX: Albanus Domini Laudans, from Alloquio dulcis vultu; Missa Albanus; O Maria Deo Gratia; Ave Lumen Gratie; Eterne Laudis Lilum - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV DC GAU 160)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

Reverie

Adaptations and improvisations on piano works by Debussy, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin & Liszt - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Downstage DSR 1009)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

MOZART: Concertone in C for two flutes K190; CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for two flutes; VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two flutes & strings RV533; A STAMITZ: Concerto in G for two flutes - Shigenori Kudo, Jean-Pierre Rampal (fls), Mozarteum Orch (Sony SK 45930)

6:00 PACHELBEL: Canon in D - Scottish CO/Jaime Laredo (dir) (RegisC 1160)

HOVHANESS: Prayer of St Gregory - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Anthony Newman (org) (Sony SK 60804)

J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Janine Jansen (vln), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 475 011)

TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 477 9338)

GLAZUNOV: Raymonda, Entracte to Scene 2 - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO (Philips 462 612)

VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in D minor RV454 - Paolo Grazzi (ob), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (dir) (Arts 47565)

HAYDN: Second movement, Poco adagio e cantabile, from String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1362)

ERNST: Romances Op 15 - Thomas Christian (vln), Evgeny Sinayskiy (pno) (CPO 777 894)

SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - members of Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

7:00 WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 070)

GAUBERT: Divertissement Grec - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

BRIDGE: An Irish Melody, The Londonderry Air - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 68003)

MATOS RODRIGUEZ orch Damario: La cumparsita - Enrique Tellería (bandoneón), Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

BIZET: Minuet & Adagietto, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Slovak Phil/Anthony Bramall (Naxos 8.558058)

BALFE arr anon: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, from The Bohemian Girl - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp) (EMI 3 59488)

LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Artek AR 0056)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Jura Margulis (pno) (Oehms OC 435)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Emma Kirkby (sop), Winchester Cathedral Choir & Quiristers, Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 460 583)

SARASATE: Playera Op 23/1 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDM 7 63533)

SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - New Symphony Orch of London/Raymond Agoult (Decca 425 739)

GADE: Novelette in A minor - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

MUSSORGSKY: Scherzo - London SO/Claudio Abbado (RCA 09026 61354)

ROUSE: Amhran, from Flute Concerto - Carol Wincenc (fl), Houston Symphony/Christoph Eschenbach (Telarc CD 80503)

TRAD arr Erb: Shenandoah - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

BOCCHERINI arr Sparks: Introduction & Fandango - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)

BRAHMS orch Parlow: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Stuttgart Radio SO/Georges Prêtre (Forlane 16770)

9:00 Composer of the Week

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Preludes Op 33 - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67057/8)

Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)

PLEYEL: String Quartet in G minor Op 2/3 - Enso String Quartet (Naxos 8.557496)

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5222)

MAHLER: Erinnerung; Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz; Der Schildwache Nachtlied; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen - Christianne Stotijn (mezzo), Julius Drake (pno) (Onyx 4014)

BALAKIREV: Symphony No 2 in D minor - Philharmonia/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Hyperion CDA 66586)

12:00 Recent Releases

PIAZZOLLA: Libertango; R GALLO: El Sur, from Suite Borgeana - SpiriTango Quartet (Paraty 914 130)

MONTSALVATGE: Paráfrasis Concertante - Eva León (vln), José Ramos Santana (pno) (Naxos 8.572621)

ARNOLD: Fantasy on a theme of John Field Op 116 - Peter Donohoe (pno), Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7318)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 29 in Bb Op 106, Hammerklavier - Alessio Bax (pno) (Signum SIGCD 397)

TURINA: Violin Sonata No 1 in D Op 51 - David Peralta Alegre (vln), Ana Sánchez Donate (pno) (Verso VRS 2039)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in C, Hamburg Ebb & Flow – ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 430 265)

CAVALIERI/MALVEZZI: Intermedio I, from The Harmony of the Spheres – Emma Kirkby (sop), Tessa Bonner (sop), Tavener Consort, Choir & Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 47998)

TELEMANN: Viola Concerto in G - Stephen Shingles (vla), ASMF/Neville Marriner (rec 1975) (Decca 430 265)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 2, Hungarian Scenes - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

FRANCHI: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

CARR: Nightmusic, Scherzo for orchestra - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi CD SLD 101)

5:00 GERSHWIN arr Schoenfeld: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Wayne Marshall (pno/dir), Aalborg SO (Virgin VC 5 61478)

GRANADOS arr Miolin: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 420 946)

GRIEG arr Haaland: Butterfly; Erotikon; To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Fredrik Fors (cl), Sveinung Bjelland (pno) (2L 55)

DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 416 698)

6:00 COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 1, The boatmen's song; The dodger; Long time ago; Simple gifts; I bought me a cat - Susan Chilcott (sop), Iain Burnside (pno) (Opus Arte OA CD 9016 D)

CHOPIN: Spring; A Girl's Desire; My Sweetheart, from Polish Songs Op 74 - Konrad Jarnot (bar), Eugene Mursky (pno) (Profil PH 04068)

FAURÉ: Songs Op 85, Dans la forêt de septembre; La fleur qui va sur l'eau; Accompagnement - Yann Beuron (ten), Billy Eidi (pno) (Timpani 1C 1162)

BANTOCK: Two Scottish Folksongs, O can ye sew cushions; Dumbarton's drums - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)

BRITTEN: Cabaret Songs, Calypso; O tell me the truth about love; Johnny; Funeral Blues - Ann Murray (mezzo), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Avie AV 2077)

New Horizons

Ten programmes

(2) With William Dart (RNZ)

Karen Gomyo (vln), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61; SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Legends (recorded Saturday 13 June at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

DRUSCHETZKY: Oboe Quintet in C - Zefiro (Ambroisie AMB 9925)

PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Adrian Boult (Decca 421 019)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Dvorák Trio (Supraphon SU 4144)

M HAYDN: String Quintet in G MH189 - Salzburg Haydn Quintet (CPO 777 907)

Disc 1

KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No 2; GLAZUNOV: Chant du Menstrel for cello and orchestra; KHACHATURIAN: Cello Concerto - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8579)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BOCCHERINI: Violin Sonatas Op 5 Nos 1-6 - Ilio Barontini (hpschd), Marco Fornaciari (vln) (Florentia Musicae FLO 69001)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BRAHMS: Lieder - Elly Ameling (sop), Rudolf Jansen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66444)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

IRELAND: A Sea Idyll; On a Birthday Morning; Soliloquy; Two Pieces, April; Bergomask; Spring will not wait; Two Pieces, February's Child; Aubade; Ballade of London Nights; Month's Mind; Three Pastels, A Grecian Lad; The Boy Bishop; Puck's Birthday; Columbine; Sarnia - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9250)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

MADETOJA: Comedy Overture; Symphony No 3 in A; Okon Fuoko Suite No 1; Ostrobothnians Suite - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9036)

6:00 CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/1 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 423 626)

SATIE: Gnossienne No 1 - John Anderson (ob), Simon Wynberg (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 6581)

MOZART: German Dances K605 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf (Capriccio 10 809)

DVORÁK: Romantic Pieces Op 75 - Uto Ughi (vln), Leonard Slatkin (pno) (RCA RD 60431)

WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 0003)

7:00 STERNDALE BENNETT: Parisina, Overture - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)

BRAHMS arr Koncz: Two Waltzes - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Leonidas Kavakos, Christoph Koncz (vlns), Antoine Tamestit (vla), Stephan Koncz (cello) (DG 481 1409)

MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in C Op 2/6 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

PAGANINI: Moto perpetuo in C Op 11 - Ivan Pochekin (vln), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.570487)

SCHUBERT: Third movement, Scherzo, from Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Christophe Gaugué (vla), Stéphane Logerot (dbass), Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1792)

MEYERBEER: Dance Suite, from L'Etoile du Nord - Barcelona SO/Michal Nesterowicz (Naxos 8.573076)

8:00 Beauty Spot: C STAMITZ: Second movement, Romance, from Cello Concerto No 1 in G - Christian Benda (cello), Prague CO (Naxos 8.551140)

PSATHAS: Fragment - Stephen Gosling (pno) (Trust MMT 2047)

ANDERSON: Blue Tango - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - François Petit (cl), Carole Carniel (pno) (Ligia LIDI 030 2216-10)

MULDOWNEY: The Toy Soldier's Fantasy, from The Brontës - Northern Ballet Theatre Orch/John Pryce-Jones (Naxos 8.553495)

VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

RAFF: Cavatina, from Pieces Op 85 - Yuko Nishino (vln), Philharmonia/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 1000)

TRAD arr Grainger: Scotch Strathspey & Reel - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9554)

9:00 Composer of the Week

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Morceaux Op 45 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (Virgin Classics VC 5 45247)

Symphony No 3 Op 43, Le divin poème - Berlin Radio SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 843)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in G minor G318 - Luigi Puxeddu (cello), I Virtuosi della Rotonda (Brilliant 94961)

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Nicolai Gedda (ten), Alix Bourbon Vocal Ensemble, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 - Michael Endres (pno) (Arte Nova 74321 84386)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 7 in C# minor Op 131 - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Onyx 4137)

12:00 Recent Releases

FERRE trans Jaroussky: Colloque sentimental; DEBUSSY trans Jaroussky: En sourdine; Fantoches; Clair de lune - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jérôme Ducros (pno), Quatour Ebène (Erato 8256 46166954)

ERNST: Morceaux de Salon Op 25/1-3 - Thomas Christian (vln), Evgeny Sinayskiy (pno) (CPO 777 894)

FAURÉ: Clair de lune; CAPLET: Green; DEBUSSY: Il pleure dans mon coeur - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jérôme Ducros (pno) (Erato 8256 46166954)

CZERNY: Variations on a theme from Bellini's Norma - Rosemary Tuck (pno), English CO/Richard Bonynge (Naxos 8.573254)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - London Mozart Players/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.573426)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Stephen Hough (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67501/2)

GLASS: The Olympian - Jeroen van Veen (pno) (Brilliant Classics 8551)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Capella Istropolitana (Naxos 8.551135)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Non più di fiori, from La Clemenza di Tito - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lyon Opera Orch/Kazushi Ono (rec 2010) (Virgin 6 41986)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky - Takács Quartet (rec 2001) (Decca 470 847)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

HOLST: A Fugal Overture - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

BACH: Second & Third movements, Adagio & Allegro, from Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Martin Jaenecke (vln), Michael Sieg (ob), Viva CO (Viva CO)

LILBURN: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

HAMILTON: Rakiura - Elise Bradley (contralto), Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1509)

JACOB: Flute Concerto - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7140)

5:00 HAYDN: Overture in D HobIa/7 - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.522)

RAVEL arr Nicholls: Second movement, Mouvement de menuet, from Sonatine - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

LEHÁR: Chinese Ballet Suite - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 761)

PUCCINI: Donna non vidi mai, from Manon Lescaut

Des Grieux....................... Plácido Domingo

Manon.............................. Renata Scotto

Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (Sony 88843 03160)

H WOOD: Montmartre, from Paris Suite - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Flyback FBCD 2005)

BAZZINI: Calabrese Op 34/6 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Caspar Frantz (pno) (Naxos 8.570800)

BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Mirare MIR 036)

6:00 TOMLINSON: Highway to the Sun, Rhythmic Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7170)

CHILCOTT: Sun Dance, from Organ Dances - Jeremy Woodside (organ of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (Private)

HARLE: Hymn to the Sun - The Silencium Ensemble/John Harle (Argo 458 356)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hymn to the Sun, from The Golden Cockerel - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

ERQUIAGA: Under the Tuscan sun - Steve Erquiaga (gtr) (Imaginary Road 536 765)

CLIFFE: Cloud & Sunshine - Malmö Opera Orch/Christopher Fifield (Sterling CDS 1055)

ELGAR: The sun goeth down, from The Kingdom Op 51 - Susan Gritton (sop), Cynthia Fleming (vln), BBC Concert Orch/Martyn Brabbins (Dutton CDLX 7228)

Philosophy Talk

Presented by Ken Taylor and John Perry of Stanford University

Six programmes

(6) Love, Poetry and Philosophy

For Plato, love and philosophy were closely related. Love of beauty causes one to contemplate the whole sea of beauties, including beautiful systems of justice and beautiful scientific theories. But Plato wasn't such a fan of poetry, arguing that it merely evoked strong emotions in a way contrary to reason. Noted poet Troy Jollimore, winner of the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award, disagrees. He joins John and Ken for a spirited discussion of love, poetry, and philosophy, recorded live at Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon (Ben Manilla Productions)

Deutsche Welle Festival

(9) Eight Bridges, Festival for New Music in Cologne

Thorsten Johannsen, Andreas Langenbuch (cls), 8 music academy clarinet students, Tamara Stefanovich (pno), West German Radio SO, Cologne/Jonathan Stockhammer

ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; GANDER: Orchannibal corpse; REICH: New York Counterpoint for eleven clarinets; ABRAHAMSEN: Piano Concerto; ZAPPA arr Digby: Four Pieces for solo drummer & orchestra, Aerobics in Bondage; Navanax; Naval Aviation in Art?; Put a Motor in Yourself; LIGETI: San Francisco Polyphony (recorded in the Philharmonie, Cologne by West German Radio/WFMT)

WRANITZKY: Symphony in C minor Op 11 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9916)

DANZI: Flute Quartet No 3 in F Op 56/3 - Karl Kaiser (fl), Ardinghello Ensemble (MDG 605 1791)

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Glazunov: Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 - Pavel Haas Quartet, Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) (Supraphon SU 4110)

Disc 1

MASSENET: Hérodiade, Ballet Music; Orchestral Suite No 1; Orchestral Suite No 2, Scènes Hongroises; Orchestral Suite No 3, Scènes Dramatiques - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

DUARTE: Suite piemontese Op 46; Toute en ronde Op 57; Musikones Op 107; English Suite Op 31; Variations on a Catalan folk song Op 25; Birds Op 66; Homage to Antonio Lauro; Sonatinette Op 35 - Antigoni Goni (gtr) (Naxos 8.554554)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

SCHUMANN: Liederkreis Op 39; Twelve Poems Op 35 - Ian Partridge (ten), Thomas Hemsley (bar), Jennifer Partridge, Paul Hamburger (pnos) (BBC MM 122)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

ELGAR: Serenade in E minor for strings Op 20; MOZART: Serenade No 6 in D K239; DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Soloists of Australia/Ronald Thomas; London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6526)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

COATES: The Merrymakers; London Suite; Cinderella; The Selfish Giant; London Again Suite; Calling all Workers; March, The Dam Busters - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223445)

6:00 BACH: First movement, Prelude, from Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony S2K 63203)

GALEAZZI arr Pluhar: Voglio una casa - Lucilla Galeazzi (sop), Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

ALBINONI arr anon: Oboe Concerto in Bb Op 7/3 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

VERDI ed Rizzo: Sinfonia in C - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

NYMAN: The Heart Asks Pleasure First, from The Piano - Valentina Lisitsa (pno) (Decca 478 6421)

SVENDSEN: Last year I was tending the goats - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

STANFORD: The blue bird Op 119/3 - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (dir) (Collegium COLCD 104)

PAINE: Music Box Waltz, from Alberton - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

GERMAN: Henry VIII, Overture - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7285)

7:00 CHOPIN: Scherzo No 3 in C# minor Op 39 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (Decca 478 3206)

GLAZUNOV: Idyll - Christoph Ess (horn), Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 281)

VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor RV397 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/dir), Europa Galante (Virgin 3 95146)

RESPIGHI ed di Vittorio: Serenata - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.573168)

BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Plácido Domingo (ten), Los Angeles Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 415 366)

SQUIRE: Dream Bird - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

C CHAMPAGNE: Danse villageoise - Quebec Conservatory of Music/Jacques Lacombe (Bell CD 1993)

8:00 Beauty Spot: RODRIGO: Aranjuez, ma pensée - Ana Maria Martinez (sop), Ignacio Rodes (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9172)

HUMPERDINCK: Humoresque in E - Bamberg Sinfonia/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-1197)

F COUPERIN: Les bergeries - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67440)

SHOSTAKOVICH arr Atovmian: Romance, from The Gadfly - Daniel Hope (vln), BBC SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Warner 2564 62546)

HANSON: Maypole Dances, from Merry Mount Suite - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

FASCH: Quartet in D minor FWVN/D2 - Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Ensemble Marsyas (Linn CKD 467)

DUBERY: Sonatina for oboe & piano - Richard Simpson (ob), Paul Janes (pno) (Metier MSV 28523)

SIBELIUS: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

9:00 Composer of the Week

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Poems, Op 32; Op 44; Poème fantastique Op 45/2; Poème ailé Op 51/3; Poème Op 59/1 - Alexander Ghindin (pno) (Naxos 8.572440)

Romance in A minor - Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67184)

Poem of Ecstasy - Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez (DG 459 647)

Piano Sonata No 5 in F# Op 53 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1568)

FOOTE: Serenade for Strings Op 25 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (Dutton CDLX 7238)

VASKS: Cor Anglais Concerto - Normunds Sne (cor anglais/dir), Sinfonietta Riga (Wergo WER 6705)

FAURÉ: Dolly Suite - Eric Le Sage, Alexandre Tharaud (pno duet) (Alpha 603)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 651)

12:00 Recent Releases

JOMMELLI: Spezza lo stral piagato, from Tito Manlio; MYSLIVECEK: Ti parli in seno amore, from Farnace; HANDEL: Otton, Otton...Voi che udite mio lament, from Agrippina - Valer Sabadus, Vince Yi, Xavier Sabata (countertenors), Armonia Attenea/George Petrou (Decca 478 8094)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in D Kk511; in C Kk200; in F minor Kk567 - Duanduan Hao (pno) (Naxos 8.573288)

LAWES: Royal Consort Sett No 8 in C - Laurence Dreyfus (viol/dir), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Phantasm (Linn CKD 470)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Silas Standage (org) (Conifer 75605 51521)

RAMEAU: Les Sauvages, from Les Indes galantes - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 475 7780)

OFFENBACH: Cello Concerto in G, Concerto militaire - Jérôme Pernoo (cello), Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

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Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

RESPIGHI: The Birds - London SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1957) (Mercury 432 007)

MENDELSSOHN: Concert Piece in F minor Op 113 for clarinet & basset horn - Thea King (cl), Georgina Dobrée (basset horn), London SO/Alun Francis (rec 1981) (Hyperion CDA 66022)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 4 Op 165 - Eastman Wind Ensemble/Clyde Roller (rec 1963) (Mercury 434 320)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

LISZT: Ballade No 2 in B minor - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.116)

P NORMAN: Little Jack Horner; The evader as plum puller; A song about the pie, from Plum Song - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1995-1996/Roger Stevenson (Private)

SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96 - Martin Riseley (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (Rattle RAT D032)

5:00 COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (Telarc SACD 60648)

ANON: Istampita chominciamenti di gioia - Hesperus (Dorian DIS 80155)

PUCCINI: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Royal Phil/Evelino Pidò (Tring International TRP 066)

IRELAND: Three dances, Gipsy Dance; Country Dance; Reapers' Dance - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572598)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

BERNSTEIN: Candide, Overture - Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 916)

6:00 GERSHWIN arr Berkowitz: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall We Dance? - John Fullam (cl), Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559750)

HANDEL: Alla hornpipe, from Water Music Suite No 1 in F - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Erato ECD 88005)

IRELAND: Sea Fever - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)

PAINE: Sea Shanty, from Alberton - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Danse russe, from Swan Lake, Act 3 - Joshua Bell (vln), Berlin Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas (Sony SH 94832)

WHITACRE: Water night - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67543)

FARR: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

DAVIDOV: At the Fountain - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

LISZT: Le Lac de Wallenstadt, from Album d'un voyageur - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570768)

MARQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

A British Lyric Mezzo, Alice Coote

BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody Op 53 - with men of Bavarian Radio Choir, Bamberg SO/Robin Ticciati (Tudor 7167)

HAYDN: Cantata, Arianna a Naxos - with Julius Drake (pno) (EMI 5 85559)

HANDEL: Where shall I fly?, from Hercules - with English Concert/Harry Bicket (Hyperion CDA 67979)

With Indra Hughes

Elgar's Enigma Variations (RNZ)

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Enigma Variations

Benjamin Schmid (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Rumon Gamba

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture; BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No 2 Sz112

(Interval)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma (RNZ)

DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor - Gottlieb Wallisch (pno), Enso Quartet (Naxos 8.570572)

FUCHS: Serenade No 2 in C Op 14 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

FRANÇAIX: L'Horloge de flore - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

GJEILO: Unicornis captivator; Northern Lights - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5100)

TRAD arr Idenstam/Hedin: Löftbergspolskan; TRAD arr Idenstam/Hedin: Polska efter Ceylon Wallin; TRAD arr Idenstam/Hedin: Långt Jässpôd på bergom - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21733)

S KEITA: Future Strings - Seckou Keita (kora), Catrin Finch (harp) (Astar 517259)

Disc 1

J STAMITZ: Symphonies, in D Op 3/2; in Eb Op 11/3; Three Mannheim Symphonies, in G; in A; in Bb; Trio in E Op 5/3 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.553194)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

ELGAR: Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84; BRIDGE: Quintet in D minor for piano, two violins, viola & cello - Allan Schiller (pno), Coull String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 678)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

HAYDN: Mass in Bb HobXXII/12, Theresienmesse; Mass in G, St Nicholas - Nancy Argenta (sop), Catherine Robbin (contralto), Michael Schade (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), English Consort & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 437 807)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

VILLA-LOBOS: Preludes, No 1 in E minor; No 2 in E; No 3 in A minor; PONCE: Preludio, Balletto & Giga; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio Diabolico; ALBÉNIZ: Asturias; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata; TURINA: Fandanguillo; SOR: Introduction & Allegro Op 14 - Guillermo Fierens (gtr) (ASV CD DCA 685)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

GRIEG: Holberg Suite Op 40; Elegiac Melodies Op 34; SIBELIUS: Valse Triste Op 44; NIELSEN: Little Suite Op 1; WIRÉN: Serenade Op 11; SIBELIUS: Rakastava Op 14 - Roy Gillard (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Argo 417 132)

6:00 SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 7 54273)

SCHUBERT arr Harris: Ave Maria D839 - Isaac Stern (vln), Columbia SO/Milton Katims (Sony SK 45816)

AHO: Song of the Earth - Jan Lehtola (org), Kaija Saarikettu (vln), Anna-Kaisa Pippuri (ob) (BIS SACD 1966)

HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - The Sixteen Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

CPE BACH arr Magen: Fantasia in Eb WQ58/6 - Sivan Magen (harp) (Linn CKD 441)

F STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

FIBICH: Poem, from At Twilight - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 4058)

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)

7:00 ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - East Winds (Naxos 8.570294)

GRANADOS orch Breiner: Rondella aragonesa, from Spanish Dances - Norbert Kraft (gtr), Razumovsky Sinfonia, Bratislava/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.554103)

RUBINSTEIN: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op 10/15, Allegretto - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Naxos 8.223847)

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Finale - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Carlo Maria Giulini (Sony MLK 64068)

GODARD: Berceuse, from Jocelyn - Eroica Trio (EMI 5 58002)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: An evening in Georgia - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1246)

WAGNER arr Stokowski: Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.570293)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD arr Small: Tros y Garreg - Buzz Newton (euphonium), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Rata RT 028)

DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

BOCCHERINI: Third movement, Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - I Musici (Philips 420 816)

L MOZART: Symphony in A, Eisen A1 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570499)

PIAZZOLLA: Libertango; Oblivion - Versus Ensemble (Naxos 8.570523)

GOSSEC: Tambourin; Gavotte - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)

LIADOV: Polonaise in C Op 49, In memory of Pushkin - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

9:00 Composer of the Week

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Phantasie in A minor Op posth - Paola Biondi, Debora Brunialti (pno duo) (Dynamic CDS 439)

Reverie Op 24 - Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (MDG 937 1761)

Piano Sonata No 9 in F Op 68, Black Mass - Herbert Schuch (pno) (Oehms OC 733)

Prometheus, Poem of Fire - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), Ambrosian Singers, London Phil/Lorin Maazel (Decca 417 252)

Vers la flamme - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS MK 42411)

RAFF: String Quartet No 8 in C Op 192/3, Suite in canon form - Mannheim String Quartet (CPO 777 004)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 6 in E minor - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73127)

CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 - Pierre Fournier (cello), Jean Fonda (pno) (DG 477 5939)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 5 57486)

12:00 Recent Releases

BIBER: The Five Joyful Mysteries, Sonatas Nos 1-5: The annunciation; The visitation; The nativity; The presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple; Finding the 12-year-old Jesus in the temple - Gunar Letzbor (vln/dir), Ars Antiqua Austria (Arcana A 381)

CASTILLO: Guitar Sonata - Marcello Fantoni (gtr) (Naxos 8.573365)

MARENZIO: Ecco che 'l ciel a noi chiaro e sereno; Nel dolce seno della bella Clori - Elena Biscuola (mezzo), La Compagnia del Madrigale (Glossa GCD 922 804)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

BENATZKY: In Salzkammergut, from The White Horse Inn

Josepha Vogelhuber......... Anneliese Rothenberger

Wilhelm Giesecke........... Benno Hoffmann

Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orch/Willy Matytes (EMI CDM 7 69217)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in F Kk94; in C Kk95 - Scott Ross (hpschd) (Erato ECD 75404)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (Sony SK 45819)

MOZART: Concerto in F for three pianos K242 - Georg Solti (pno/dir), András Schiff, Daniel Barenboim (pnos), English CO (Decca 430 232)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (rec 1987) (Archiv 423 626)

BACH: Missa brevis in A BWV234 - Johannette Zomer (sop), Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (rec 2004) (Challenge CC 72222)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 50 in D HobXVI/37 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1985) (Philips 416 643)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr W Kanengiser: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

HILL: Quintet for piano, strings & voices, Life - Bryony Williams, Amelia Berry (sops), Linden Loader, Annabelle Cheetham (mezzos), Richard Greager, Chris Berentson (tens), Daniel O'Connor, Keith Small (basses), Richard Mapp (pno), Dominion Quartet/Mark Dorrell (Naxos 8.572844)

5:00 ALFVÉN: Dance of the Herdmaiden, from The Mountain King - Malmö SO/James DePreist (BIS CD 570)

GOTTSCHALK: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Alan Marks, Nerine Barrett (pno duet) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

ELGAR: La Capricieuse Op 17 - Sarah Chang (vln), Sandra Rivers (pno) (EMI 7 54352)

GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Decca 473 862)

BYRD trans Stokowski: Pavane & Gigue - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.572050)

ANON: Greensleeves - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Rosanne Hunt (cello), Linda Kent (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 269)

MUSSORGSKY: Dawn on the Moscow River, Prelude from Khovanshchina, Act 1 - Berlin Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (Testament SBT2 1439)

ROSSINI: Andante & Variations on Di tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Heinz Holliger (ob), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)

BRAHMS arr Rysanov: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Evelyn Chang (pno) (Avie AV 2111)

6:00 HOLST: St Paul's Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

RAVEL trans Ronchini: Pavane of Sleeping Beauty, from Mother Goose - Sharon Robinson (cello), Joseph Kalichstein (pno) (Arabesque Z 6736)

STRAUSS: Beim Schlafengehen, from Four Last Songs - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47276)

WHITACRE: Sleep - Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)

MASSENET: The Last Sleep of the Virgin - Truls Mørk (cello), Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5137)

PURCELL: Hush, no more, from The Fairy Queen - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 419 221)

WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew - Dan Poynton (pno) (Rattle RAT D006)

REICHARDT: Sleep my child - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

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